Notorious Indo-Canadian gangster Ravinder Samra was gunned down Thursday in Richmond, only months after his younger brother Amarpreet Samra, aka “Chucky”, was shot to death outside the Fraserview Hall in South Vancouver where he was a wedding guest shortly before being killed. Both Samra brothers, who were part of the United Nations Gang, were recently featured on the most Dangerous Gangsters list put out by police authorities.

 By PD Raj – Senior Writer DESIBUZZCanada

RICHMOND – Notorious Indo-Canadian gangster Ravinder Samra was gunned down Thursday in Richmond, only months after his younger brother Amarpreet Samra, aka “Chucky”, was shot to death outside the Fraserview Hall in South Vancouver where he was a wedding guest shortly before being killed. 

Both Samra brothers, who were part of the United Nations Gang, were recently featured on the most Dangerous Gangsters list put out by police authorities.

On July 27 at 5:45 p.m., Richmond RCMP received multiple reports of shots fired in the 8000-block of Minler Road, Richmond.  Richmond RCMP frontline officers and BC Emergency Health Services (EHS) attended and located Samra, 36, suffering from gunshot wounds. Despite all efforts to revive the victim, he succumbed to his injuries at the scene. 

A short time later, Richmond RCMP and Richmond Fire Department were called to reports of a vehicle found engulfed in flames in the 12000-block of Blundell Road. At this time, IHIT investigators believe this vehicle is associated to the shooting.

IHIT is said they are in the early stages of its investigation and our investigators are completing priority tasks.  They continue to work closely with the Richmond RCMP, Integrated Forensic Identification Services and BC Coroners Service.

 “Mr. Samra was known to police and we believe this was a targeted shooting associated to the BC Gang Conflict,” says IHIT spokesperson Corporal Sukhi Dhesi.

IHIT investigators are asking for any witnesses, dashcam or CCTV footage from the area of the 8000-block of Minler Road from July 27, 2023 between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.

Ravinder Samra was said to have also attended the wedding where his younger brother died in a targeted early morning shooting on May 28.

Both Samra brothers and their gang affiliation UN Gang has been involved in a decade-long conflict with rivals that now reaches across the province and beyond. The BK, Wolfpack alliance and Red Scorpion gang have all been at war with the UN.

Amarpreet Samra had a long history with the police. He and two associates were convicted of kidnapping and forcible confinement after they grabbed a man in October 2015 and extorted his family for money. After his release from jail in 2018, he had a confrontation with Richmond RCMP in which a loaded handgun was found in a bag he was carrying, reported Postmedia.

Amarpreet Samra is also believed to have been the intended target of a May 2021 shooting in North Delta that resulted in the slaying of correctional officer Bikramdeep Randhawa.

It was reported this week that Amarpreet Samra was just named in a lawsuit filed by B.C.’s civil forfeiture office.

The government agency wants to seize a Richmond house purportedly owned by Ravinder Samra and vehicles linked to both Ravinder and his brother Amarpreet Samra.

The lawsuit, filed July 19, says the brothers were running “a dial-a-dope drug trafficking business” last October when the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team executed search warrants in connection with an unspecified case, reported Postmedia.

The director of civil forfeiture alleges a house on Fraserbank Crescent in Richmond purchased in the name of Priya Sandhu in January 2022 for $1.6 million is actually owned by Ravinder, and paid for with drug proceeds.

“Sandhu acted as a nominee owner or `owner of convenience’ on behalf of R. Samra with respect to the property,” the statement of claim says.

The lawsuit said IHIT searched a residence on 202nd Street in Langley linked to Amarpreet Samra, and found over $2,000 in cash, a money counter, some pills, an Audemars Piguet Royal Oak watch worth between $50,000 and $95,000, a diamond neck chain also valued at between $50,000 and $95,000, a Breitling 1884 watch and other expensive jewelry, reported Postmedia.